Baruipur subdivision is a rural subdivision with moderate levels of urbanization. 31.05% of the population lives in the urban areas and 68.95% lives in the rural areas. In the southern portion of the subdivision there are 20 census towns. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta and the southern part is covered by the Baruipur-Jaynagar Plain. Archaeological excavations at Dhosa and Tilpi, on the bank of the Piyali River indicate the existence of human habitation around 2,000 years ago. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Location
Champahati is located at. It has an average elevation of. Garia, Champahati, Solgohalia and Naridana form a cluster of census towns in the Baruipur CD block, as per the map of the Baruipur CD block in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas. Another cluster of census towns Kalaria, Gaur Daha and Banshra in the Canning I CD block is adjacent to the above cluster, as per the map of the Canning I CD block on page 333 of the District Census Handbook.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Champahati had a total population of 12,111, of which 6,052 were males and 6,069 were females. There were 1,068 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Champahati was 9,211.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Champahati covered an area of 2.1771 km2. Among the physical aspects, Champahati railway station is in the town. Among the civic amenities, it had 30 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated and untreated sources. It had 1,500 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home and 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 7 primary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. It had 1 non-formal education centre. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 old age home, 1 cinema theatre, 2 public libraries. Among the important commodities it produced were crackers and biri. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks.
With the electrification of the railways, suburban traffic has grown tremendously since the 1960s. As of 2005-06, more than 1.7 million commuters use the Kolkata Suburban Railway system daily. After the partition of India, refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh had a strong impact on the development of urban areas in the periphery of Kolkata. The new immigrants depended on Kolkata for their livelihood, thus increasing the number of commuters. Eastern Railway runs 1,272 EMU trains daily.
Education
, established in 1968, is affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, education, history, philosophy, political science, physics, chemistry, mathematics and accountancy, and general courses in arts, science and commerce. Champahati Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only high school, established in 1961. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. Champahati Nilmoni Kar Vidyalalya.
